Privacy policy

Who we are

The rcesa.org website is published by the Réseau Canadien des Économistes et Statisticiens d'Afrique (RCESA), an organization registered in Canada and established in Quebec. This policy describes the personal information we collect, why, and your rights over it, in accordance with Quebec's Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (Law 25) and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

Information collected

We only collect what each purpose requires: identity and contact details for an application, an event registration, a message or the newsletter; professional or academic profile for membership; content you post in the member area. We collect no sensitive data and sell no information.

Purposes

Reviewing your application and managing your membership; organizing the events you register for; replying to you; sending you the newsletter if you requested it; running the member area; keeping the platform secure.

Consent

Each form asks for explicit consent specific to its purpose. Consent is time-stamped and kept as evidence. You can withdraw it at any time, for example by unsubscribing from the newsletter or closing your account.

Profile visibility

Your member profile is private by default. You choose, field by field, what is visible to other logged-in members, and whether you appear in the directory. Nothing is visible to the public.

Cookies and analytics

The site sets no advertising cookies and no third-party trackers. Only strictly necessary cookies are used: logged-in members' session, the intermediate step of two-factor authentication, protection against request forgery, and your theme choice. Fonts are served by the site itself.

Hosting and retention

Data is hosted in Canada. It is kept for as long as its purpose requires: a closed account is deleted within 30 days; contact messages and declined applications are deleted after two years.

Your rights

You can access your information, have it corrected or deleted, and obtain a copy in a common format. From the member area, data export and account closure are available directly. For any other request, write to the officer below: we reply within 30 days.

Incidents

In the event of a confidentiality incident presenting a risk of serious injury, we inform the people concerned and Quebec's Commission d'accès à l'information, and record it in the incident register.

Complaints

If our answer does not satisfy you, you can contact Quebec's Commission d'accès à l'information or the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

Person in charge of the protection of personal information